The Man in the Sky ( Decision Against Time ) ( Test Pilot )

The Man in the Sky (DVD) (*)

$26.99

Original Title: Decision Against Time
Alternate Title: Test Pilot
Screened, competed or awarded at:
BAFTA Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
84 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Black & White
Remastered

Movie filmed in 1957 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Charles Crichton

Written By:
John Eldridge
William Rose

Actors:
Jack Hawkins ..... John Mitchell
Elizabeth Sellars ..... Mary Mitchell
Jeremy Bodkin ..... Nicholas Mitchell
Gerard Lohan ..... Philip Mitchell
Walter Fitzgerald ..... Reginald Conway
John Stratton ..... Peter Hook
Eddie Byrne ..... Ashmore
Victor Maddern ..... Joe Biggs
Lionel Jeffries ..... Keith
Donald Pleasence ..... Crabtree
Catherine Lacey ..... Mary's Mother
Megs Jenkins ..... Mrs. Snowden
Ernest Clark ..... Maine
Raymond Francis ..... Jenkins
Russell Waters ..... Sim

Synopsis:

The efforts of test pilot John Mitchell to make a better life for his wife Mary and their two children seem doomed to failure and he blames himself. At the Conway Aero-Manufacturing Company of Wolverhampton, Mitchell is to take the company's new rocket-propulsion transport plane up for tests, fully loaded and carrying two important passengers - Ministry official Crabtree and buyer's representative Ashmore. Mitchell learns from his boss, Reg Conway, that if Ashmore does not recommend the plane, the company will be out of business and Mitchell out of a job, since the plane is not even insured as the firm's entire capital is tied up in the plane. Aloft, an engine catches fire and the passengers and other crew bail out, but Mitchell refuses to obey orders to jettison the plane in the Irish Sea.

Inspired in part by David Lean's THE SOUND BARRIER, THE MAN IN THE SKY stars Jack Hawkins as a bold but cautious test pilot. If he wants to keep his job, Hawkins must prove the efficacy of an accident-prone airplane prototype. The pilot is plagued with Earthbound problems as well, personified by his insensitive wife (Elizabeth Sellars). In the climax, Hawkins tests his endurance (and the audience's) by refusing to bail out when the prototype bursts into flame.

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